Book 3 in a tale of love, lies, and heartbreaks. Read for More Detail. (book 1 Thug Ink) (book 2 After the Ink Dries)

Cordell "Ink" Spacey was a 20 year old on the rise in his 2nd year of college. He lives in an expensive Apartment, balling like Kobe, dressed in new designer before it even hit the market and had every girl on campus at Central Chicago University wanting him. By day he may have been Cordell, the business major who was a star basketball player, but by night he was INK. A Dopeboy on the rise in the streets. Cutthroat. Killing machine. Keeping up appearance have been easy since he was 17..until he meets someone who awakens a part of him he have kept buried so deep inside. Aron Michaels. 20 year old college Sophomore trying to make ends meet as a coffee barista just to finish his Law degree at Central Chicago University. He grew up in trailer parks while dealing with his abusive mother and drunk father, however that only made him more determined to never return there after he left on a full-ride 2 years ago. Life was tough yet steady until he meets someone who awakens the light in him that he has hidden from the world because he was scared to come out of the darkness he hides himself in.

3 Years of living a legit life as his love for Kareem grows Deuce finds himself in between a rock and a hard place when a promise made to a ex Mexican cartel leader has to be fulfilled by Deuce and Kareem taking in her heir, Mykl. However, Kareem knows nothing of this arrangement as he stuck in the clouds on 9 as he celebrates being engaged to the man he loves with all his heart. And when their close knit circle sprinkles in their dramas and love stories it becomes pretty evident that...It Will Always Be A Thugs World.

Its only been a year since Kareem and Deuce realized that their love for one was real but wasn't at the right time; however things been on the upswing for everyone. Kareem is entering another year interning at the hospital after passing his boards, while enjoying the personal time of a relationship with a very determined Detective Dallas. Deuce is focusing on CartierCorp keeping face while he runs an entire drug enterprise right under the surface. Mix in their close knit group of friends and foes and its only going to get BIG from there. Will the love they have for each other remain a constant or will it be a test of time for these two? Book 2.

Kareem Jabar is a 26 year old college graduate moving back home to start as an intern at a local hospital in Miami, Florida. Returning home wasn't on his list of things but with an ill mother and an older brother running the streets it was necessary. He always imagined leaving the hood never to return but now coming back old memories and deadly secrets come back to haunt him. James "Deuce" Cartier is a 30 year old drug distributor for a big time Mexican Kingpin. He kills first and ask questions later. He has had his claws in Miami since he was just 21 and there are no signs of stopping anytime soon thats until he runs into an old flame that sparks a fire he has buried and when enemies emerge from the shadows things get deadly in a Thugs World.

𝚗𝚘𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠, 𝚠𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚠, 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚞𝚜.

Gay [gey] adjective, gayer, gayest. Of, relating to, or exhibiting sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one's own sex; homosexual Thug As Tupac defined it, a thug is someone who is going through struggles, has gone through struggles, and continues to live day by day with nothing for them. That person is a thug and the life they are living is the thug life. A thug is NOT a gangster. Look up gangster and gangsta. Not even CLOSE, my friend. COPYRIGHT © ALL RIGHTS RESERVED @Lowkey_Nasty

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